Fixing device and image forming apparatus with improved stability for chip
US11835917B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 9, 2022 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2064
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a fixing device and an image forming apparatus. Fixing device includes a device main body, including a heater, where the device main body includes a driving end connected to a power outputting part of the image forming apparatus and a non-driving end opposite to the driving end; a locking element, disposed on the non-driving end of the device main body; and a chip, including a contact part. When the device main body is installed on the image forming apparatus, the locking element is connected to the image forming apparatus, and the contact part of the chip is electrically connected to the image forming apparatus; and a projection of the contact part of the chip in an axial direction of the heater intersects a projection of the locking element in the axial direction of the heater.
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